Steven Spielberg finally unveiled the teaser for Ready Player One to the masses in July, and immediately the hunt began for the footage's multitude of pop-culture references, from Back to the Future to The Iron Giant. Now, with the arrival of the second trailer this afternoon, the search starts anew for the multitude of additional nods to video games, movies and music.

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Based on Ernest Cline’s novel, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic 2045 in which the world has suffered an energy crisis after the depletion of fossil fuels. To escape the day-to-day doldrums of a dreary existence, people venture into the world of the OASIS, a virtual world where anything and everything is possible. Somewhere within the simulation is an Easter egg that will give its finder the keys to the virtual kingdom, and Wade Watts' life changes in an instant when he solves the first clue left behind by OASIS creator James Halliday. The discovery leads other Easter egg hunters (aka "gunters") to chase after him in hopes of obtaining the game’s ultimate treasure for themselves.

Since Halliday was a child of the 1980s, the OASIS reality was stocked to the brim with references from the decade, but Spielberg has broadened that approach in the film. The cinematic adaptation unabashedly makes reference to just about any intellectual property one can think of -- regardless of the decade in which it released -- so let's delve into the new trailer and see what all we can discover!

Might as Well Jump

Just like the first trailer's homage to Willy Wonka's "Pure Imagination" and use of Rush's "Tom Sawyer," the choices made for the new trailer's soundtrack are references in and of themselves.

The lyrics "Let me take you on a trip" are pulled from Depeche Mode's 1990 track "World in my Eyes." Its title alludes to the virtual reality headset that people in the story use to enter the simulated OASIS landscapes. We also hear Van Halen's "Jump" booming throughout a good portion of the footage in a nod to their reign during the 1980s.

The band's legendary lead guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, provided the guitar riffs that Marty McFly plays on a cassette in Back to the Future, the 1985 sci fi/comedy that's also referred to throughout both trailers via Wade's choice of vehicle in the OASIS: the time-traveling DeLorean.

Anorak

At the 1:29 mark, the trailer shows Wade's avatar reaching for a virtual key that is seemingly bequeathed to him by an incredibly tall, robed figure. This character is a reference to Anorak, the in-game avatar of OASIS creator James Halliday, which means the key is one of the novel's three MacGuffins hidden throughout the simulated world.

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Kong

Next up is a reference that can't be missed, as viewers get a glimpse of King Kong hanging off of New York City's Empire State Building. The scene is a clear homage to third act of the 1933 classic, in which the beast fends off biplanes. One such aircraft can also be seen off to the left of Kong.

Say Anything ...

Few scenes evoke the 1980s more than the boombox sequence in Cameron Crowe's 1989 romantic comedy-drama Say Anything. Steven Spielberg obviously realized that, as we see an OASIS avatar, later revealed to be Wade's very own Parzival, holding one high up over his shoulders à la John Cusack.

The Clown Couple of Crime

DC Comics' Harley Quinn could actually first be observed in Ready Player One's teaser trailer as Wade entered the simulation, but now Quinzel is front and center in the new footage. She's not alone, either, as we also get a very quick look at who is most definitely the Clown Prince of Crime himself, the Joker, sporting a visage that seems to be a blend of his various incarnations.

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His face paint and damaged lips/face are clearly a callback to Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning portrayal from The Dark Knight. Unlike the 2008 film version, however, the hat the Joker is wearing is an homage to the design Brian Bolland created for The Killing Joke.

Tracer and Chun-Li

No Ready Player One trailer would be complete without several video game references, but the ones seen in this new footage show off just how far Spielberg and company went out of their way to accommodate audiences of all eras.

In a quick glimpse at a rampaging battle sequence, viewers see several characters running toward the camera, and the center frame reveals Tracer, a hero from Blizzard's award-winning multiplayer title Overwatch. To the right of her is none other than Street Fighter's Chun-Li, and fans of either of those bestselling multiplayer franchises know better than to get on their bad side, virtual world or otherwise.

Gundam

One callback in the new trailer that requires no freeze-framing at all to find is the inclusion of the massive Gundam. Sunrise's beloved mech series lends itself perfectly for the chaotic warfare of Ready Player One's action sequences, and the franchise's millions of global fans will definitely be frothing at the mouth to see it kick ass on the big screen.

Wrath of Chucky

The film's first footage revealed Nightmare on Elm Street's beloved nightmare architect Freddy Krueger right before he was blasted into a million pixels, and the new trailer shows off yet another horror film mainstay.

That's right, Chucky himself is seen very briefly at the 2:14 mark eviscerating a member of the antagonist's IOI robot army, pulling off an attack that is well beyond simple Child's Play.

These are just a few of the references that are contained within the upcoming pop culture spectacle, so did you happen to catch any that weren't mentioned above? Let us know which ones you found in the comments!


Set to blast its way into theaters on March 30, 2018, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller, Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg.